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selfish

Definitions

adjective

  1. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

Examples

When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly.

Kira carried on walking, muttering angrily to herself about the absolute stupidity and selfishness of demons and mythical creatures.

When I do get in a lather, it's never my fault: it's the cyclists and pedestrians who are selfish and inconsiderate, not me.

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